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PATENTED NOV. 21, 1905;

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APPLICATION FILED PEB,26,1904.

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RICHARD H. KNIGHT, OF SOMERVILLE, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO CHARLES S. BARRELL, OF BOSTON. MASSACHUSETTS.

COAT-HANGER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 21, '1905.

Application filed February 26, 1904. Serial No. 195,326.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, RICHARD H. KNIGHT, a citizen of the United States, residing in Somerville, in the county of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts, have invented an Improvement in Coat-Hangers, of which the following description, in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification. like letters on the drawings representing like parts.

This invention relates to a garment supporter or hanger, and has for itsobject to provide a supporter or hanger which is capable of conforming to the shape of the garment to make a more extended contact therewith, and thereby offer a superior support for the garment, whereby the garment may be suspended for a substantially long time without danger of creasing or otherwise defacing the same. In accordance with this invention the supporter or hanger is provided with conical helixes adapted to engage the garment and a frame or support forsaid helixes.

In the present instance the invention is shown as embodied in a coat supporter or hanger in which the conical helixes are mounted on a frame and extended in opposite directions with the apices of the cones in substantially close proximity, so that the bases or larger parts of the cones engage the shoulders of the coat. The frame referred to is preferably composed of two members, which are capable of being coupled together to form a substantially rigid frame when in use and of being uncoupled, so as to be folded up to occupy a substantially small compass for shipping or packing purposes. These and other features of this invention will be pointed out in the claims at the end of this specification.

Figure l is a side elevation of a coat-hanger embodying this invention, a portion of a coat hung thereon being represented in dotted lines; Fig. 2, a plan View of the coat-hanger shown in Fig. 1; Fig. 3, a side elevation with the frame uncoupled, and Fig. 4: an elevation with the parts of the hanger assembled or folded up in convenient form for packing.

Referring to the drawings, a 6 represent two conical helixes, which may and preferably will be made of wire and are connected with a suitable supporting-frame, also preferably made of wire. In the present instance the supporting-frame for the helixes a 6 is composed of two parts or members, each made from a wire rod bent to form a substantially straight portion 0 from which extend the arms d e.

The arms d of the members of the supporting-frame are loosely connected to a center piece or hooked device f, also preferably made of a wire and provided with an eye g, which is engaged by the bent end it of the arms d. The center piece f may be provided with an offset portion 6 to afford room for the collar of the garment or coat j to project over the conical helixes a b at the center of the hanger. The arms (Z have mounted upon them the conical helixes a b, which are preferably connected with said arms by coiling the wire at the apex of the cone about the arm d and also coiling the other end of the wire from which the helix is made about the arm d within said helix.

The ends of the wire from which the helixes are made may be wound about the arms d, so as to make a rigid connection therewith or, as is preferred, so as to make a loose connection therewith, which permits the wire cones to have a limited movement longitudinally on the arms cl. The arms 0 of the supportingframe may be coupled together by a sleeve is, which may be secured to one of said arms and adapted to have inserted in it the free end of the other arm 0, as represented in Fig. 1.

By reference to Fig. 1 it will be observed that the conical helixes are capable of yielding under the weight of the garment, which permits the helixes to conform to the shape of the garment and afford an extended bearing for the latter. So, also, the round form of the helixes permits the garment to make a more extended contact transversely and avoids the formation of creases, such as are liable to be formed with a straight hanger made from wire rods.

The garment-hanger herein shown is capable of being readily carried in a bag or grip, inasmuch as the parts of the supporting-frame are detachable from each other at one end and the two members of the hanger are capable of being folded up into a substantially small compass, as represented in Fig. I, the said members being pivotally connected with the hooked device f.

.In practice the weight of the coat will cause the convolutions of the helixes to sag or move downward more or less, according to the shape of the garment. In Fig. 1 the garment is conventionally shown by the dotted lines.

By extending the outer end of the conical helix within the convolutions of said helix and securing the inturned end to the supporting-frame the resiliency or power to yield of the conical helix is extended to the end of the helix.

I claim 1. In a garment-hanger, in combination, a supporting-frame comprising 'two parts or members, each provided with upper and lower arms, a hooked device to which the upper arms are connected, means to detachably secure the lower arms together, and conical helixes encircling the upper arms and secured thereto with their convolutions out of contact therewith, substantially as described.

2. In a garment-hanger, in combination, a supporting-frame, composed of two members, each comprising upper and lower arms, the upper arms of said members being loosely connected together and the lower arms detachably secured together, and conical helixes mounted on said upper arms, substantially as described.

3. In a garment-hanger, in combination, a supporting-frame, composed of two members movably secured together, and conical helixes secured to said members with their apices in proximity to each other and their convolutions out of contact with said members, substantially as described. v

4. In a garment-hanger, in combination, a supporting-frame, and conical helixes secured to said frame with their convolutions normally out of contact with said frame to permit said helixes to engage the garment to be supported and to yield under the weight thereof, substantially as described.

5. In a garment-hanger, in combination, a supporting-frame, and conical helixes secured to said frame to surround the same and to move longitudinally thereon, substantially as described,

6. In a garment-hanger, in combination, a supporting-frame composed of two members movably secured together, and conical helixes secured to said'members with their convolutions out of contact therewith, substantially as described.

7. In a garment-hanger, in combination, two helixes extended from each other in opposite directions and having substantially all of their convolutions free to yield under the weight of a garment, and meansto which the opposite ends of said helixes are secured to leave substantially all the con volutions of said helixes free to yield under the weight of said garment, substantially as described.

8. In a garment-hanger, in combination, a supporting-frame and conical helixes encircling said frame with their convolutions normally out of contact with said frame and having an end extended within said helixes and secured to said frame, substantially as described.

9. In a garment-hanger, in combination, a supporting-frame, and helixes secured to said frame with their convolutions normally out of contact with said frame 'to permit said helixes to engage the garment to be supported and to yield under the weight thereof, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

RIOHARD H. KNIGHT. 

